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Carrara's image series numbering is driving me nuts

WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,200
edited April 2023 in Carrara Discussion

anyone else get continually caught out by Carrara's image frame numbering?

it doesn't pad them with zeros so after 999 they get inserted between the previous frames in many editors

fortunately Blender video editor doesn't do this but I got caught out twice today with other programs 

Flowframes interpolator AGAIN fell for that once before

then batch rename in irfanview managed to make it worse ruining my original image series

 

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  • RuudLRuudL Posts: 193
    edited April 2023

    It's possible to change the number of digits using the options button. Thus the limit goes from 999 to ... well 9999 or even further.

     

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,200
    edited April 2023

    oh it does indeed do 9999 but not 0999 blush or 0009

    it's 009 099 199 1099 not 0009 0099 0199 1099

    so 1001 gets inserted before 001 in some editors etc

    as I said not all, Virtualdub another notorious one for shuffling them

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  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,180
    edited April 2023

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    anyone else get continually caught out by Carrara's image frame numbering?

    it doesn't pad them with zeros so after 999 they get inserted between the previous frames in many editors

    fortunately Blender video editor doesn't do this but I got caught out twice today with other programs 

    Flowframes interpolator AGAIN fell for that once before

    then batch rename in irfanview managed to make it worse ruining my original image series

     

    And  Infanview  Can fix  it   _   just  have to set in  settings  a certain way  _  No matter how it is  +     Thanx

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,200
    edited April 2023

    ed3D said:

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    anyone else get continually caught out by Carrara's image frame numbering?

    it doesn't pad them with zeros so after 999 they get inserted between the previous frames in many editors

    fortunately Blender video editor doesn't do this but I got caught out twice today with other programs 

    Flowframes interpolator AGAIN fell for that once before

    then batch rename in irfanview managed to make it worse ruining my original image series

     

    And  Infanview  Can fix  it   _   just  have to set in  settings  a certain way  _  No matter how it is  +     Thanx

    yes by date

    but the [wretched thing] seems to randomly forget that option in batch convert sometimes and catches me ofguard if I don't double check 

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  • RuudLRuudL Posts: 193
    edited April 2023

    Well it works fine on both macOS Sierra and Windows 11. I even used 6 digits.

    This screenshot is actually from the W11 files. I've connected the pc drive to the mac thru the LAN.

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  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,180
    edited April 2023

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    ed3D said:

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    anyone else get continually caught out by Carrara's image frame numbering?

    it doesn't pad them with zeros so after 999 they get inserted between the previous frames in many editors

    fortunately Blender video editor doesn't do this but I got caught out twice today with other programs 

    Flowframes interpolator AGAIN fell for that once before

    then batch rename in irfanview managed to make it worse ruining my original image series

     

    And  Infanview  Can fix  it   _   just  have to set in  settings  a certain way  _  No matter how it is  +     Thanx

    yes by date

    but the [wretched thing] seems to randomly forget that option in batch convert sometimes and catches me ofguard if I don't double check 

    &   you  Name Seris any thing U want  &  Numbers   such as  "DocTEST 1"  +   used  this as a test  rename  &  120 images  +  numbered 1 thru 120  + 

     &    daVinci Resolve  accepted these  +  Thanx  

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,200

    RuudL said:

    Well it works fine on both macOS Sierra and Windows 11. I even used 6 digits.

    This screenshot is actually from the W11 files. I've connected the pc drive to the mac thru the LAN.

    mine does not do that 

  • RuudLRuudL Posts: 193
    edited April 2023

    That's odd, but interesting. I wonder what's different on your pc.

    I've attached my test scene file. Maybe you like to try it.

    zip
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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,200
    edited April 2023

    I will look after my current scene finishes

    I might have a different setting somewhere 

    this is how my current scene is numbering 

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    bride999.png
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    bride1000.png
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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,200

    ah think I know now, I never actually looked at the options tab after png series etc

  • RuudLRuudL Posts: 193
    edited April 2023

    Yeah, that's right. The options button to the right of the Sequenced PNG.

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,200
    edited April 2023

    as did this one still wrong  compiiled it in Blender video editor 

    DAZ iray backdrop

    VWD cloth

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  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,180
    edited June 2023

    &   Windows  ( have 10 Pro )  will   batch   rename  also  +  Thanx

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